Joseph Whittaker was born in 1715 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.[1][2]
Marriage
Rachael Perrin and Joseph Whittaker married at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts on 15 Mar 1744.[3] Intention to marry was published 17 Dec 1743.[4]
Death
Joseph Whittaker, husband of Rachel Perrin, passed away in 1778 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Note: Title of record is “Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961”. The body of the record states “Marriage date” in error.[5]
Sources
↑ ”Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7K-LJ5 : 4 December 2014), Joseph Whitaker, 03 Feb 1715; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-RHR5 : 29 November 2018), Joseph Whitaker, 3 Feb 1715; citing Birth, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-3DRW : 29 November 2018), Joseph Whittaker and Rachal Perren, 15 Mar 1744; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
↑ “Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG8-HM2 : 4 December 2014), Joseph Whittaker and Rachel Perren, 17 Dec 1743; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,987,644.
James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rehoboth Massachusetts 1642-1896, 1897, 396.
Copied & Compiled by Gertrude A. Barber, Abstracts of Wills of Washington County New York, 1788-1806, Vol. 1, July, 1987, Seth Whiteker of Washington County, not dated, probated 11 Sep 1802, Mentions sons: Seth, Daniel; daughters: Anna, Abigail; Joseph Whiteker's children: Joseph, Sirrel, Stephen, Huldah; mentions daughters: Elizabeth, Huldah (children by first wife); executrix: wife Mary; executor: Jonathan Mosher; witnesses: Jonathan Mosher, Richard Norton, Ebenezer Norton.
The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee
Death Citation: Vital Records of Rehoboth Massachusetts, 1642-1896, Page: 889
Death Citation: The Old Rehoboth Cemetery: The Ring of the Town [being Newman Cemetery, now in Rumford RI], Page: 56
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